New Gold ups Q1 production by 41% (June 21, 2010)
New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) showed huge improvements during the first quarter of 2010, significantly increasing gold production and decreasing cash costs compared to the same period in 2009.
Silver
Back Forty shows strength for Aquila, HudBay (June 15, 2010)
Vancouver – The Back Forty deposit in Michigan is flexing its volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) muscles fo…
Argentex discovers new silver-gold zone at Pinguino in Argentina
The Tranquillo Trend, a northwest regional feature that crosscuts 11 km of Argentex Mining’s (ATX-V, AGXM-O) P…
Goldcorp selling San Dimas, Escobal to juniors
VANCOUVER — Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has announced the sale of its San Dimas gold-silver mine in Mexico, a month after entering into a similar arrangement for its Escobal silver deposit in Guatemala.
Kimber rises on positive Monterde economics (June 14, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Kimber Resources’ (KBR-T) Monterde project in Mexico could produce 813,000 oz. gold and 21.4 million oz. silver over a 13.4-year mine life, according to a preliminary economic assessment …
IFC to invest in Argentex Mining
VANCOUVER — Argentex Mining (ATX-V, AGXM-O) has announced a proposed $7.3-million private placement by the World Bank’s International Finance Corp. (IFC) that will help further the development of its…
Drills expand Trevali’s Santander deposits
VANCOUVER — A 12,500-metre drill program at the Santander silver-lead-zinc project in Peru designed to boost confidence in the known resource, expand the deposits down-plunge and towards each other, …
Silver market strong in 2009: Silver Institute
When the levee breaks, a common safe haven for the investment community is gold. But according to the World Silver Survey 2010, prepared by GFMS for the Silver Institute, despite the financial bedlam …
Fortuna falls on positive San Jose prefeasibility (June 14, 2010)
VANCOUVER — A prefeasibility study for the San Jose silver-gold project in Mexico’s Oaxaca state found it could support an underground mining operation producing 20.4 million oz. silver and 163,000 o…
Goldgroup advances San Jose
Vancouver – Newly formed Goldgroup Mining (GGA-T) is racing through a 15,000-metre drill program at the San …
US Gold expands El Gallo (June 09, 2010)
As US Gold (UXG-T) awaits the results of an initial resource estimate for its El Gallo silver project in Sinal…
Wildcat Silver updates resources at Hardshell
For the second time this year Wildcat Silver (WS-V) has updated the resource estimate for its 80%-owned Hardshell property in southern Arizona, which Wildcat’s president and chief executive Chris Jones describes as “one of the most important…